David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
Type_A_Tiff, I meant flegmmy. Maybe cottage cheese would have been a better choice. No, I'm not a sushi lover, although once I ate a fish egg! And seaweed is in tons of stuff! Like ice cream and gummy bears!!
What is it about Lucy?? I know she's a bitch, and yet I want to be her...
I'm gonna get smacked for saying this. Movie musical casting!
Valjean: Sean Bean Javert: Russell Crowe Marius: Orlando Bloom Eponine: me, ha! Cosette: Rose Byrne Fantine: Kate Winslet Enjorlas: Jude Law Thenarider: Jim Broadbent M. Thenardier: Julie Walters Gavroche: Freddie Highmore
Those gates at the Rue Plumet...I remember that that was my little sister's favorite part of the show. She was really little, and the revolving stage fascinated her.
Through the eyes of a child, eh?
I love them too. I wish I'd gotten the chance to see it on Broadway, but...c'est la vie, non?
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
I love this thread! Any thread that says good things about Les Mis is a good thread. I would be happy seeing Les Mis every day for the rest of my life. I ADORE it. It is my musical to end all musicals. It satisfies just the right part of my heart.
*shrug* Eh, I don't speak French. I wish I did! I FINALLY get to take it next semester! Stupid high school in the middle of stupid nowhere, not offering French...
To share: Although no longer, I was once *gasp* one of the biggest fangirls to ever walk the planet. I had a brain, which was unusual, but nonetheless I was a fangirl, and my "wicked" was Les Miz. I actually am able to read the book in French, and understand it almost perfectly, despite my complete ignorance of the language, merely because I've read it in English so many times. Yeah. The whole thing. I can read it. Wow, sad.
"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
That's not to say LES MISERABLES doesn't have its moments. Its a beautiful score and certainly better than most of the "British super-musicals" of the '80s and early '90s and tons better than any of ALW's stuff, except perhaps EVITA.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
there are only a few shows that have enveloped me so completely that i felt totally under it's spell, and LES MIS is definitely one of them! (CHORUS LINE being another.)
Jmaclover, thank you for this marvelous thread! Les Mis is my absolute favorite! In honor of it, I just popped my Les Mis OFC into my CD player. Michel Sardou... *le sigh*
Yes, Les Miz is definitely one of the most quality shows ever written for the stage.
But perfection? It does succeed in everything it aims to do, I am just not sure if I care about its aims.
I dunno. I can see what everyone loves about it, definitely! I just can't reach the loving point, some moments seem kind of sterile to me.
"Yesterday is done. See the pretty countryside. Merrily we roll along, roll along- catching at dreams."- Merrily we roll along
"The living was the prize, the ending's not the story."- Elegies, a song cycle